I agree. calling c, Java, etc.. "classical" is bit of a misnomer as
Forth, Scheme and Smalltalk are indeed classics. A better term is
"mainstream". So "non-mainstream languages" would be a more fitting name.
ke han
Peter Lund wrote:
> Samuel Tardieu wrote:
>>> Starting next year, I will lead a new course called "non-classical
>> languages" so that our undergraduate students can see many different
>> programming languages, concepts and styles. In this 60 hours class, I
>> will teach Smalltalk, Haskell, Scheme, Forth and... Erlang of course!
>>>>> "Non-classical" has a somewhat negative sound over it. Erlang I would
> like to put into the group of "Modern languages" or "Really useful
> languages" instead!! :)
>> /Peter
>>